The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-31

excess of the 500, 600 held by the churcn
or by it's Trustee-in-Trust. In the alb
sence of District Attorney Peters, the
Government was represented by Mr..
Charles S. Zane. Following is the COM
plant and also the order of the court in
the matter:
IN THE SUPREME COURT CT THE TER
RITORY OF UTAH.
No. ot--Term.
In Equity.
The United States of America,
The late corporation of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints,
and John Taylor, late Trustee-in-
Trust, and MILFORD Woodruff,
Lorenzo Snow, Erastus Snow,
Franklin D. Richards, Brig
ham Young, Moses Thatch-
er, Francis M. Lyman, John
Henry Smith, George Teasdale,
Heber j. Grant and John W. Tay-
lor, late Assistant Trustees-in
Trust of said corporation,
Defendants.
COMPLAINT.
To the Judges of the Supreme Court OF
the Ter7tt0ryof Utah:
The Plaintiff, United States of
America, by George S. Peters, United
States Attorney in and for the Terri
tory aforesaid, who brings this suit by
direction of Augustus 81. Garland
Attorney General OF the United States,
brings this bill of complaint against
the late corporation known and claim
ing to exist as the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, and John
| Taylor, late TruStee-in-trust, and
MILFORD Woodruff, Lorenzo Snow,
Erastus Snow, Franklin D. Richards,
Francis NJ. Lyman, John Henry Smith,
George Teasdale, Heber J. Grant
and John W. Taylor, late Assistant
/ Trustees -in-Trust of the said corpora
| ton aforesaid, which was or claimed
to be, and exercise the powers of a
corporation created and organized and
existing under and by virtue of an Or
dinance of the Provisional State of
Deseret, re-enacted and ratified by the
Legislature of Utah. and therefore the
! plaintiff complains and says:
First.-That on the Sth day of Feb
ruary, 1851, the assembly of the So
called State of Deseret, which after
wards was organized as the Territory
! of Utah, passed an ordinance incor-
porating as d corporation the Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
which ordinance was afterwards on
the 10Th day of January in the year
1855, re-enacted by the Legisla-
ture and approved by the Cover
nor OF the territory of Utah; a
acted as aforesaid is hereto attached,
marked Exhibit A." and which the
plaintiff makes part of this bill.
Secondhand John Taylor, on and
Immediately before the 18th day OF
February, 1887, was AMI had been
Trustee in Trust, and MILFORD Wood
ruff, Lorenzo Snow, Erastus snow
Franklin D. Richards, Brigham Young'
Moses Thatcher, Francis M. Lyman
John Henry Smith, George Teasdale
Heber J. Grant and John W, TAYLOR
the twelfth assistant, is to the plain
tiff unknown, whose name, when dis.
covered, the plaintiff asks leave t.
make party hereto, were the assist
ant trustee OF the corporation of tn,
Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter day
Saints.
Third-That by the act of incernora.
ton stated in paragraph enc of tni.
bill, the corporation thereby created
was authorized to hold and occnnI
real and personal estate; with sucI
other powers as are stated in "Exhihi-
A" of the first paragraph, and by on,
trustee-in-tru and twelve assistan
trustees to receive; hold, buy, sell
manage and control the real and ner
sonal property of said corporation a,
will more fully appear by reference r.
Exhibit A" hereto attached.
Fourth-That under and by yirtne n
the said act of Incorporation set fortf
in paragraph one of this bill. the sail
corporation of the Church of Jesn,
: Christ of Latter day SAINTS was or
ganized and did buy, receive, acouir.
and hold large amounts of real estat,
and personal property of great value
in the Territory of Utah afte
the first day of July, 1862, tn,
precise amount, value or descriptio,
OF which the plaintiff is unable Il
state, but asks leave to prove: AND
the plaintiff alleges Ga informatioy
and b-iief taat the value of the rea